I know exactly how Hank‘s dad feels. I’m always having discussions with my stepkids about trivia and pop culture. They make me feel positively ancient because they don’t have the slightest clue when I mention certain things.
I guess I’m slowly (or quickly, depending upon your point of view) turning into that old geezer who sits on the park bench feeding bread crumbs to pigeons while regaling the days when phones had cords, computers were the size of SUV’s, and music was recorded on large vinyl discs that played on both sides. 
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That's the exact way I use to act like when my parents said anything about their childhood to me. Adorable comic, George!
I treated my parents the same way. My dad would tell me all about the music that rap was sampling from. I couldn't have cared less. I guess what goes around comes around now.
Ha,ha,ha. A little too far back.
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Haha, nice strip today, George. Adults always forget to get into what the next generation likes, too.
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Thanks, Brogan! Even when it comes to fashion, I find myself wanting to dictate to my daughter what "cool" is. We're nowhere near similar in taste. I feel like my parents when they tried to dress me up in flannel shirts and some corduroys because they looked "nice".
I visit Addanac City while I'm taking a sh–
–SHOWER!
That's the perfect time! Me too! Hahaha!
John Mellencamp they know. John Cougar…they don't.
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Who wouldn't know The Cougar?! I find it interesting that my daughter knows Charles In Charge but has no idea who Chachi is.
I need to ask the kids about Balki and Mr. Belvedere too. Hmm….
I can tell Hank one thing. It was hot back-breaking work… just to bury some dude.
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I used to say things like this to my parents, too. Now my oldest kid is four and the day she's going to say this stuff to me is getting closer and closer!
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It's going to be interesting. We all think that our high school/young adult years are the epitome of cool. It couldn't possibly get more suave than what we went thru. We are gonna be in for a major surprise.
The ironic thing is, so will our kids when they get our age.
This mimics fairly closely the conversations I regularly have with our office interns. I don't consider myself old yet, and they're just in their early twenties. It's very depressing.
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Hank's a busy guy. He's got no time for frivolous junk!
You're right about that. Hank's got schemes to hatch, he can't be studying Trivial Pursuit.
Max Headroom was superb! – very cool !
I used to love Max's old Coke commercials. I thought Matt Frewer was an actin' fool!
Now who are those people?
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They used to be in this old band called The Beatles, I believe.
In some ways I'm a premature fogey at 27. I barely even know what a Blackberry is. Not sure how I got so out of the loop, technology-wise.
Pop culture-wise, I was always more aware of past eras than the average young punk. (I'll bet you'll have trouble finding many other people in their 20s who know the name "Sid Caesar.") I remember in 10th grade when for the school paper's Halloween issue I was a contributor to the "Top Ten Scary Movies" list, and the editor didn't want "anything older than 1980" in there. (This was 1998). Needless to say, my submission of "The Exorcist" was out. Oh, brother. I was amazed they were even willing to go back as far as 1980. I've always hated how kids think anything created more than five minutes ago is OLD. It's obnoxious.
I'm very grateful to my dad—I give him a lot of credit for me having some historical awareness. He didn't push it or anything, he just put it out there and I happened to reciprocate.
I was always a reader and our rural area only got 3 channels so there were a great number of reruns to view. I learned a lot of history and trivia that's simply not available to the younger generation. My mom was a librarian too, so she always tested my mental acuity. It's good that you and I had influences like that.
I'm rather curious as to what could be in that issue of "Boy Play" Hank's reading. Third-graders wearing one-pieces?
It's kinda like Highlights but more updated.
I guess they have like Sandbox Girl of the Week or something like that. Hahaha!
Hahaha – I feel exactly the same way, George! If you'll share that park bench with me I'll let you have some of my jello (It's not too hard on the old chompers, ya' know)!
There's always room on my park bench for another decrepit soul.
Just make sure you bring your own bread crumbs. I'm not good about sharing.
heh, my dad liked to remind me that long-running bands like Aerosmith started in HIS day… like I didn't know that. I would just cut him off- "YESSSSS, I KNOOOOOOW, geez."
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I vividly remember the day my dad and I liked the same musical artists. We both bought Thriller, Purple Rain, Al B. Sure, and Keith Sweat. Of course, he bought his on vinyls and mine were on cassette. I never would have imagined that he and I could listen to the same music in the same room.
I find it heart-warming that I now can nod my head to the classics he played that I abhorred when I was a kid. Dad always said I would like it when I got older.
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